Here are some of the contests that will be active this weekend. The CQ WW WPX CW Contest is always a big event.Of course, NY W1AW/2 and CO W1AW/0 are also on right now through Tuesday 23:59 UTC.73’sPaul – ND4X

The May meeting of the Paducah Amateur Radio Association was another successful one with 23 in attendance.

Among subjects discussed was our annual Christmas dinner. The Christmas party this year will be at Casa Mexicana on December 8th at 6 PM. This is a nice opportunity to hang out with other hams and have a good dinner. Don’t miss out.

Also discussed was that there will only be one more meeting before Field Day. Ed noted we will have 4 stations operating 3A, with a GOTA station. The Icom 7200 will be the GOTA rig, Ed’s Omni VII for CW. More Field Day preparation to be discussed at the June 9th PARA Club meeting.

We’re still needing some “Shack” pictures for the website. Thanks to the stations that have submitted pictures. They all look good and we’re finally building the page nicely. If you have pictures that you can send me email them to me here. The “Show Us Your Shack” page can be viewed here.

Congratulations to Tristan Jones of Wickliffe, KY. He passed his technicians class exam. One more ham in the mix.

Big thanks to Gene – N4FZ for the help with the website updates.

Finally here is a great article from Clint – W5CPT on “How to attach a standard PL-259 to ½” Cable TV Hardline.” This is an excellent article and a must read. To view the article click the link below. Thanks Clint for this presentation.

A friend of mine in Evansville, who I check cards for, sent the attachment about his River cruise in Europe. Dennis is WA2USA who many of you have probably worked during his Island hoping in North America and SOTA adventures. Every time he travels I normally check his cards for WAS after his return.

April’s meeting has come and gone and we had another good turnout with 23 in attendance. Our new room in the Emerging Technology Building at WKCTC is very nice. It’s nicely equipped with projectors and WiFi to make future presentations enjoyable.

Field Day 2014 was a big topic as usual this time of year. Testing out the new routers for the logging programs was discussed using Paul’s ND4X router configuration. If you haven’t read this yet it’s a very detailed and interesting read. You can find Paul’s article here. We are also needing to get an idea on how many operators and helpers we’ll have this year. If you are interested in operating at Field Day or even help setup (hang antennas, set up tables, ect…) just email one of the club officers here. Any help is appreciated and Field Day is a lot of fun. Just let us know what you can do. Field Day is June 28th and 29th.

Net control operators were set for the next month. The net meets every Sunday night at 9PM on 147.060 PL 179.9 and all amateur radio operators are invited to check in. Net control operators are listed here.

Ed – AB4IQ gave a great demonstration of the VE7CC DX Cluster software. A DX Cluster is in essence a “chatroom” or node into which amateur DX hunters can post information about DX either worked or heard. For more information about cluster software or W4NJA’s cluster info click here.

We’re still needing some submissions for our “Show Us Your Shack” portion of our web page. We only need 1 or 2 pictures submitted. These are a really good way to get different ideas for your own shack by seeing what other hams are doing. You can email your photos to me here. Be sure to include your callsign in the email.

This is a very detailed article by Paul – ND4X about how to network the logging computers during this years Field Day. It also is an excellent tutorial on how to install DD-WRT firmware for that old router you have laying around. This is a really good read and a great learning tool. Thanks to Paul and Ed for the contribution. Click the link below for the article.